From: Randy on 11/27/2001
What does "PCI READ CONFIGURATION FAILURE" mean? The message comes up as I'm booting a computer from a Windows 98 Boot Disk. The computer is a Packard Bell 486 with a 66 Mhz processor. NO, I DID NOT BUY A PACKARD BELL COMPUTER. I'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES IT WAS GIVEN TO ME!!!

From: kanniggots on 05/20/2003
I have an ancient IBM Thinkpad 310ed yes its still running windows 95 its my old one but my kids use it all the time but some how one of them has changed my key code to open on start up im wondereing if there is a backdoor or anything or is the only choice pulling the hard drive and replacing it im nosure if they still sell parts for it ? If anyone knows a way please help

From: Desmond Fial on 02/26/2003
You can not load Win 95/98/me/2000/xp on a 486 computerbecause when you select from the boot menu (start computer with cdrom support)the computer will look on the mainboard fore the ribbon cabbleBut on a 486 computer it is connected on the soundcard what you have to do is find the driver for your cdrom when you found that you all should be ok

: : What does "PCI READ CONFIGURATION FAILURE" mean? The message comes up as I'm booting a computer from a Windows 98 Boot Disk. The computer is a Packard Bell 486 with a 66 Mhz processor. NO, I DID NOT BUY A PACKARD BELL COMPUTER. I'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES IT WAS GIVEN TO ME!!!

: What does "PCI READ CONFIGURATION FAILURE" mean? The message comes up as I'm booting a computer from a Windows 98 Boot Disk. The computer is a Packard Bell 486 with a 66 Mhz processor. NO, I DID NOT BUY A PACKARD BELL COMPUTER. I'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES IT WAS GIVEN TO ME!!!

: : What does "PCI READ CONFIGURATION FAILURE" mean? The message comes up as I'm booting a computer from a Windows 98 Boot Disk. The computer is a Packard Bell 486 with a 66 Mhz processor. NO, I DID NOT BUY A PACKARD BELL COMPUTER. I'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES IT WAS GIVEN TO ME!!!

: Just looking for more detail here---you've FDISKED and Formatted the Drive and now all you've done is put in a 98 startup floppy??

I have the same problem!! I just interested in the answer too!! I have an IBM thinkpad 755 with the same problem

: : What does "PCI READ CONFIGURATION FAILURE" mean? The message comes up as I'm booting a computer from a Windows 98 Boot Disk. The computer is a Packard Bell 486 with a 66 Mhz processor. NO, I DID NOT BUY A PACKARD BELL COMPUTER. I'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES IT WAS GIVEN TO ME!!!

: Just looking for more detail here---you've FDISKED and Formatted the Drive and now all you've done is put in a 98 startup floppy??

: What does "PCI READ CONFIGURATION FAILURE" mean? The message comes up as I'm booting a computer from a Windows 98 Boot Disk. The computer is a Packard Bell 486 with a 66 Mhz processor. NO, I DID NOT BUY A PACKARD BELL COMPUTER. I'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES IT WAS GIVEN TO ME!!!

Just looking for more detail here---you've FDISKED and Formatted the Drive and now all you've done is put in a 98 startup floppy??